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My husband and son built this coop entirely from recycled wood and recycled "stuff". They bought one concrete block (they already had the others needed to support the floor) and the screws and nails. The roof was leftover from our house shingles...when we had our roof replaced from Hurricane Ivan.
(I do not have any plans since it was made without a plan in sight and was designed as it was built.)
This is the left side run that runs behind our workshop:
This is the left side run showing...

Silver Spangled Hamburg
Our sweet Tess made too much noise for a city yard. We found him a nice farm in the country to live. He was such a neat rooster...we are glad we had him while we did...
and when we start to miss him and want him back we just play this video:
Here is Tess at 2 days old:
5 days old:
Tess 2 1/2 weeks
Tess at 3 months:

Black Australorps
17 weeks old:
about 15 weeks old:
We named our Black Australorps Inky and Oreo. When they were little we could tell them apart. Now we have no clue...so after August they are both Inky.
Oreo:
2 days old
About 2 and a half weeks old (oreo has the white wing feathers and black and white face) :
Oreo about 6 weeks old:
Oreo about 2 months old. (notice her face is all black now...she still has 2 white feathers under her wing):
Oreo at 3 months old (all black...not...

Welcome to our little chicken pages! We live in NorthWest Florida on the beautiful Gulf Coast. I have a husband, 2 kids, 10 chickens, 2 dogs, 2 rats, a cat, a fish pond and miscellaneous neighborhood kids that come and go...
We have a very small piece of property and a small house so we have to be creative when it comes to having a "farm" in the city.
Ozzie - Barred Rock
Tess - Silver Spangled Hamburg Roo (our only roo)
Moe - Easter Egger
Cocoa - Easter Egger
Inky - Black Astralorp
Oreo...

White Rocks!
17 weeks old:
Our white rocks are the two pale yellow chicks below:
We used to be able to tell the difference between our White Rocks. One was named Pearl and one was named Dolly. Now we cannot tell!!!! They are both called "One of the Pearls"
On of the Pearls at 2 days old:
One of the Pearls harassing our Roo:
One of the Pearls (the white one on the left) with Tess and Rudy:
One of the Pearls going after Tess the Roo: